MAY 15. 1906.
THE CATHOLIC INDIAN CON-
GRESS
For North Dakota will be held at
Crow Hill, Fort Totten. N. Dakota.
July 10, 11, and 12, 1906.
TOKATA July 10. 11 qa 12, 1906
kinnari Norh Dakota eoiyatannan
DaKota Sinasaua Omniciye Tanka
kin he Kangipaha, Miniwkan oyan-
ke en ecoupi kta
Hece tuwe keceyas, .tokiyatanhan
keceyas tuwe okihi qa u kta cin
ehantans, hena cantewasteva wicaun-
kicoui.
THE CATHOLIC INDIAN CON-
GRESS
For South Dakota will be held at
Fine Ridcre. S. Dakota. Julv 12, 13
and 14. 1906.
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SOUTH DAKOTA eciyatanhan
Dakota Sinasapa Omniciye Tanka
kin he Oglala oyanke, Pine Ridge.
S. Dakota en July 12, 13 qa 14, 1906
econpi kta.
RT. REV. BISHOP MARTY
Omniciye tanka qon heehan E y an-
na h a kin de cajeyata qa heya: Wi-
casa owasin tiwahe kin en Eyan-
paha kin on kta iyececa keya.
Hecece kinhan wicasta Wakantanka
sdonve sni wan nikivena ti kinhan
Btayetu wanji en hi qais en yai kin-
kan vakivawapi kta ce. eva: wotanin
waste ayani kin he e qa wotanin wo-
wapi kin de iyakidececa ce eya ? wo-
tanin waste kin e makoce wanjina en
i tuka Evanpaha kin dee makoce
atava wotanin waste kin ievanpaha
omani ce eva, heon etanhan wotanin
wowapi kin de iyacupi kta ce eya.
Qa heon nakun token yaonpi kin
onayecilionpi kta ce eya, qa taKu
emayakiyapi kte cinhan Eyanpaha
kin en evahnakapi kinhan tokesta
kistanstan bdawa ecee wanbdake kta
ce eya, qa aciyuptapi kte cinhan wo-
tanin wowapi en ewahnake kta ce eya.
ST. BENEDICT'S MISSION,
Fort Yates, N, Dak. April 30, 1906.
Tona Eyanpaha wanlakapi kin,
Preservation of Catholic Indian
Schools support; Catholic wayawa
tipi okiyapi caieyataoi Kin he wan-
lakapi, na nakun Fort Totten na
Fore Yates N. Dak. tokel kicunui
kin pdaotaninui, na hecetu; tka liia
ota" opapi sni; Catholics icilapi,
priest wicacinoi; cincapi tawa pi wo-
cekive onspeiciciyapi cin pi keyas. he
Ha-
ni neca ouioaKiyapi iye-
osna ,oo. Kicun awacmpi sni.
wavani
tap
ceca; waKanyeja nagipi ota niwica-
yapi kta; na naKun tona wocekiye
cin pi, wacewicakiciciyapi ciuoi:
Mass wosnaoi na wocekiye tokeca
ota 25cts kicunpi Kin kamnapi kta
he kiKsuya" na awacinni waste tka.
Wicohan waste econui kin on iye
nakun taku ota kamnapi Kta, he
kiksuyano. OaK Creek, Farm School.
Rock Creek, S. Dak. omniciye onpi
kin — naKun wasicun tona — 25cts ki-
cunpi kin lila conapila; na ota ki-
cunui na iwasteni kta iyecetu. Rev.
Fr. Martin O. S. B. .wavawa tipi el
unoi kin hena eepi, wicasa, winyan
na wakanveia hena wistelnivanui
waste Kta. Oyanke tona cajeblata.
wasicun waniikji lei Farm School el
wayawapi kin Jan. 1, 1905 hetannan
Anril 24, hehanyan kicunpi $16.50.
Mitakolapi, Holy Rosary Scnool,
Pine Ridge, OKlala tipi S. Dak. eci-
vatanhan Evanpaha kin taku eve cin
awacinpo, na Catholic owayawa tipi
ivuha OKiva awacinoo; na Wakan-
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tanka niva wasted kta.
lyuha naDe ciyuzaoelo.
Fr. Beds. O. S. B.
WICATA.
tf
Cannon Ball N. Dak. — Itanciqana
cunwintku April 17, en ta.
Otawicao qa Atatewin cunwintku-
pi, April 27.
Dena sinasapa omniciye etanhan
tapi, wicahapi makoce ekta awicaioi
qa oivokipiya wicahapi.
Ho deciyatanhan wicoie wanji epa
wacin. Tona St. Joseph qaSt. Mary
omnicive oyapapi kin hena awicake-
han Wakantanka etkiya iciconzapi
sutaya najinpi kta iyecetu. Ni ya-
onpi kin en icunhan Wakantanka
iyokipiya vapi kta awacannipi kta.
Qa nakun inaka akan wicasa qa win-
yan unpi kin owasin iciyokipiya Wa-
kantanka ti etkiya ocanku wan wan-
ke cin etkiya cante wasteya, unsiici-
daya maonnipi kta.
Tona Wakantanka etkiva tapi kin
hena owasin wopida ewicaKiciciyapo.
hena wana oige Wakantanka. ti en
onpi qa onge is nahanhci wowalitani
on yuskapi oyanke en onui. hena
iyotan wicaonkiksuyani kte cin eepi.
Inyanwakagaui en St. Josenh qa
St. Marv onquuni Kin iiena wocekive
on unyeKsuyapi kta wacin. Heceea
kinnan sanpa waonsakani kta.
Naue oivuzapelo.
Vale tine Strikes many.
M I X I A W I C A K A STAN ,
Fort Totten.-— Anril 8. Aloysius,
anpetu wakan norma. Ihoina aa Lu-
cy Keya cincapi.
May 1, Edward, anoetu varum.
Rupert Dunn qa Frances Oaukuto-
pawin cincapi.
May 6. Helen Katharine. April 6.
tonpi, Fred Lang qa Mary Jane Mil-
ler cunwintkuui.
May 8. Eva. April 1, tonpi Gabriel
Gourd qa Helen Blueshield eunwin-
kupi. ,
WICATA.
Ft. Totten. — April 14, Moses Ta-
tahka, waniyetu 62.
April 13. Alice wanivetu 21, Mi-
chael Hunt tawicu.
May 2. Nancy Walker, waniyetu
14, Charles Ehake hiyaye qa Malvi-
na Dewolf cunwintkuui.
CHEYENNE AG'CY. S. DAK.
Mav 3, 1906.
Dear Eyanpaha: —
April 19, hehan
Hohwoju Cheyenne Riv. Agency
oyanke hel ovate atava omniciyapi
owavasla wivohpevata top omaka
1907 hehantu .kin ake piya kin ma
koce owicaqupi yustanpi.
Wayaslapi top tokata piya ake
owicaauni kta wisi kta (acres) iyo-
hila mazasa 6 kte ihankeya kuciyela;
tuwe olote kte cin etanhan wakantuva
kakicipapi kte ikute kte econpi kte.
Na pte canku kin he kaspapi vamni
waniyanpi tona opta — ahiyupi kte
iyuhila kasoani vamni kajujupi kte
icinpi kte yustanpi.
Tona hel iyatayela makoce yuhapi
kin hena ivatavela wisi icupi kta.
O. D. Hopgkiss.
MAKOCE ECIYTANHAN.
Miniwakan oyanke en Dakota kin
tokatakiya ewacinpi sni makoce owa-
ste ka owasin wivopeKivapi avapi.
Anpetu iyoni hinhanahci hanhepi
inuniyan Dakota kin canpahmiyaiiui
ohuahna ateyapi wowapi okage ono-
mni wicokcota najm hiyeye. Taku
tokonpi huwoV Makoce oeya tita-
kuyepi tapi qa ehpeya iyayapi oon
hena iyowajapi yedakas wiyopekiya
kivuze. Qa dena maKoee uina wa-
ste hca heca ece e. Ecaca iyukcami
sni. Makoce wana otehika aye qa
woivav\a kin sam waKand ve Kin
okahnigapi sni, — qa cincapi, ua taKo-
jakpaku qon hena toKata woeante
sica wan en wicau qon he awacmui
sni — tohand makoce Kin wiyoueya
ndasbtapi qa wasicun kin iyes on wi-
jicapi qa Dakota km wahuamcaoi
kte cin.
Major Cramsie, ehana ateyapi he
wicowohdake wan en decen Dakota
Kin ewicaKiye. "Detanhan tokata-
Kiva wanivetu wiKcemna nom ecetu
Kin .Sullvs Hill ( Miniwakan ovanke
en) aKan tuwe wanji inajin qa Da-
Kota ovanKe kin akita kte a a tukte-
kten Dakota Kin ounyanui qa tipi
necina hena atonwe esa takuna wan-
yake kte sni. Dakota tamakoce qa
tipi wasteste qeya hiyeya tKa qon
wasicun opetonpi kta, iye DaKota
natavena hena neceh wivopekivapi
kta."
Haw, dena woeye qa wowiyukcan
Kin denantu kin nina wowicake hca.
Dakota kin wicotah tokatakiva waa-
wacinpi sni on cincaui kin hena ica-
gapi Kta e on takun hci wacinyapi
Kta awawicakiciupi kta tka.
Denantu Kin nina makoce kpaganpi
se ececa a a on ouikidaveh wasicun
Kin makoce ihanpi.
CHERRY CREEK, S. DAK. May 4, '06
Wicata. — St. Joseph na St. Mary opa-
pi. 1905 winyan Napewin.
March 27, 1906 hinhnaku kin, Peter
Matowatakpe.
March 26, Wakinyan-cante. '
Lena woozikiye el wana onpi nun we.
Pine Ridge el omniciye tanka kte
cin el mazaska zaptan on okiyapi kta
Canpa Wakpa omniciye kin glustanpi.
Louis P. Mousseau omniciye tanka
kin tuwa kahnili yeyapi sni esa okihi
ehantans ya okihi huwo? Wanjikji wi-
cayusutanpi on yapi cinpi kta naceca.
Rev. Father Vogel wicasa wakan , lila
bliheca unyuhapi.
Eyanpaha el wowahonkonkiye waste-
ste kin hena tohanl St. Joseph omniciye
tanka canna el blawa sa. Hece iapi
tona waste kin hena ee wacin.
Henry Siyoiyanke.
MAY 15, 1906.
ST. MARY'S OKODAKI-
CIYE WICOHAN
TAW API.
FORT TOTTEN, N. DAK
Okodakiciye unkitawapi kin de
"St. Mary's Society" eciyapi, omaka
1886, January wi kin en kagapi'
Okodakiciye kin de Mary, Jesus
Hunku, awanwicayake kte icajeya-
tapi.
Wanivetu otoivobi December wi
kin en anpetu 8, okodakiciye Kin de
anpetu tawapi,' anoetu kin be en
owasin Yutapi Wakan icupi Kta.
Jesus llun.K:U inayanpi kta kanni-
gapi, heon Mary ohinni awanwioa-
hdake kta icekiyapi, qa Mary wico
ban waste tawa kin token okihipi
opani kta.
Wakantanka iyokipf onyanpi qa
maka akan woahtani codan unnipi
ua wiconi kin de en unnitawacinpi
kin en Wakantanka obir;ni kici un-
vakonoi kte uncinpi kinhan, koban-
ua wobdacr unvanni Qa Jesus Yutaoi
Wakan unsicupi kta.
Oninni unwasteoi kta uneinoi kin-
nan annetu otoivobi waceonkiyapi
kta.
Wiconan waste obna waunsakapi
kta uncinpi kinhan. wioowazi wanji-
dan ivecen wocekiye on wasagiciya
naunjinni kta, Dtaya wacekiyapi qa
wacewicunkicicivapi kte. qa waho-
konkive waste on ounkicivani -kte,
heon wi wanii eca wanca qais nonua
unkihcluwitayaui kte qa wiconan wa-
ste obna wabokon uukiciciyapi kte.
Orunicive kin en Itancan wanii
wacekive kta, h'ehan do wan pi kte aa
benan taku wiconan waste owasin
ohna wahokonkiciciyapi i<te. Toka-
beva wocekive wiconan caievataoi
kta aa obna onsDeicioiyapi kte, na-
kun tona wocekiye opapi sni nena
token wocekiye en awicaupi kta ca-
ievataoi kta.
Tona St. Mary's okodakiciye opapi
kin hena wowaonsida akiciyuhaii
kte. Ornnioive kin en tohinni can-
tesin kiciyap.i Kte sni. Nakun token
tiwahe tawani kin ihduwastepi kta
caievataoi kta. .
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Hinnnaku canwicakiyapi kta qa
cinca tanvau awanwicayakaui ua wa-
hokonwicakiyabi kte. Ti kin tan-
van hdunapi qa wiconan tawa kin
owasin tanyan awanndakapi kte.
Wakantanka nakun atokan cante-
wicunkivaui kinhan wicunkicanutapi
qa owiounkiyain kte cin.
Heon toban okodakiciye kin etan-
ban wanii waunyazankapi kinban
iniaunkicinioi kte qa token onkoki
bipi om kiciyapikte.
Wi wanji is anpetu wakan nonpa
eca wornnaye econni kta qa kasnani
token okihi kin, enoeye kta.
Detanhan tuwe okodakiciye ope
kinban wapaha qa wanapin on maza-
ska wanii kaiuiu kte.
Okodakiciye kin de wiconan hin-
hnatonpi qa wiwazicapi beceena oba-
Di kta.
Omaka wanji inuni eca Itancan
teca wieakagani kte.
DE EN ETONWAN
ir 3 po ! ^jgf
Ocaxku mahpiya iyabdeya kin ma-
ya. invan oju qa omani sica. ua tona-
na obna tuka wowiyuskin oihan'ke
wanice iyabde. Qa ben oihanke wa-
nin woozikiye unyuhapi kta. Maka
akan unnisikaui. waniyazankani, qa
nicakijaui, tuka Jesus taku eye cin
kiksuya po! -'Tona unsikapi kin be
na wieayawasteoi kta ce, manpiva
wokiconze kin be tawapi «ce." *• To-
na cevaui kin nena wieavawasteoi.
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nena wicakihnapi kta.
Tuwe tokca ohinni tanyan cante-
wasteva nicivuze sni. 'is nagivenivan-
oi, ainivapi kinban de kiksuva do.
Toban aniiyapi aa sicaya nieuwapi
kinban wiybskinpi ua nina cante wa-
stepo! Mahpiya ekta nicanntani kta.
Taku sica on itkom taku sica econpi
sni t>o, tuka itkonatanhan wayawa-
stePo! De woonspe Jesus oive qa
obanye cin on onsoeonkiyapi, qa to-
ban maka kin de akan ni uuyakonDi
kinban de onsneunkic'ciyapi kta: he
on etanban wicasta aa witiy'an wastes
pi okodakiciye ic'Cagipi qa maka
akan Jesus woonsne wan unka'nipi
kin onsneicicivani; heon etanban tona
okodakiciye de en ooaoi kin uwabe
waniinina ivecen qa taku kiciyapi nee
cin ivecen wastekicidani kta. qa on-
sikifidaoi kta.
'" St. Peter taku eye cin anagoptan
do! "Owasin cante waniidan bduwi-
tava unsikicidaDo. bunkawanjinkici-
vaoi kin ivecen wastekicida po. wa-
onsida do aa wacantkiya po!" Owa-
sin ecen ecanonni kinban okodakici-
ye kin ivoDte kta ua ecen ecanonpi
sni kinban i<un nde kta qa sanpa wa-
nisa'kapi kte sni. Omnicive ca witava
vauni kin token nitancanpi aa nina-
g pi tanvan un kta aa token maka
akan tat van yaunpi aa v. iconi unman
kin ekta nakun tanyan yaonpi kte
cin nena iwondabaui kta. Qa wo-
waonsida ayeciyubani qa wabokon-
vecicivaoi kta, ovecivapi kta, becen
witaya dapi kinhan taku wanji onspe
wacannini kta. Tokeca maka akan
waun be? Maka akan waun kin be
Wakantanka sdonwaye kte, waste-
wadake kta, anawagoptan kta; hecen
wiconi unman kin ekta kici ivuskin-
van waun kta; he tokabeya onnispe-
pi kte cin ee. Ho hecen tokabeya
Wakantanka sdonyaoi, tawacin, ta-
wokonze, qa Catholic taku onsnewi-
cakiye cin hena onspeniciciyaoi kta.
Taku ota onnispeoi kta iyecece cin
ota nahanhcin sdonyayapi sni. Wi-
taya dapi kinban yecigepi Kte sni,
aieciyapi kte sni, tuwe f^keca oban
odakapi Kte sni, is tuwena canze ve-
ciyapi kte sni; witaya daoi kinnan
canzevecivapi kta on dapi sni. He-
ban inayajinpi qa taku waste ecanon-
pi aeya woyahdakaoi kte sni, qa he
kaken sicaya econ ce ehapi kte sni,
tuka witaya daoi kinhan taku wanji
t onsne waeannipi kta. De kiksuya
po! Omnicive en dapi kinhan hecen
on dam do. Wicaceji on St. Peter
neya: '"Tuwe wiconi wastedake ca
annetu waste wanvaka cin kinhan,
ive cet'i kin uku sica en veve kte
sni, qa iba kin wohnaye takuna ie
kte sm
n
FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD.
MARY, WAKANTANKA HUN-
KU IKCEW1CASA OKIYA.
Poge ondoka Toka hoksina wan.
Paul ecivapi e winyan wan wocekiye
wastedaka e ti en icahyaoi — wabde-
nica. Unkan Wakantanka Hunku
1841 Onristmas icunnan de hoksina
kin he wanvaka. Fr. De Smet de
oyaka. Hoksina iye decen onctaka
keva. "Miniamakastanoi qa -woceki-
ye onsDemakiyani on nina awacin
waun on'kan innuhanna wocekiye
wanji omasne sni wan onspeiciciye
mda unkan canku ohtta tuwe wan
token okibika owanyak waste nabca
Kit e ivoyamyena wanbdaka. Haya-
ke skaska Hca kovake. Siba kin ma-
ka icahtawe sni. . Pe akan wicahpi
wan ivovamya he. Sina en zuzeca
wan Da adi naiinqa en taku waksu-
veca wan ikiyena han. Cante kin nina
asdanvena ivovaniia, Tokan wan-
bdake qon he eban nina itansaK ma-
ta tuka iecana amakisni. Cante kin
nakad iyemaya. Mitawacin kin nina
aomaianian. Canke cewakiva un- i
kan wocekiye onmasoe sni e onspe-
iciciye mde qon onmasoe. Iecana
taku wakan wanbdake aon atanin
sni hinhde."
De wocetohda se ececa. tuka Father
De Smet wowicake keya.
Hoksina nina nagi skava bduba
keva qa de wanyake kin be eban na-
hanh wakan neja ii^a keya.
Frank Nolan had cast in his lot
with the Army some two years before
the occurrence of the following inci-
dent. He was a very good fellow and
had been appointed orderly on
what we would call in our army,
striker, to an officer and his Superior
was very 'well satisfied with him. One
day this officer wished to treat bis
many friends to a glass of wine.
"Thank you captain," replied the
young soldier, "but I never drink; I am
a total abstainer."
"But you must take just a sup now;
you have done your duty well, and I
want you to have a little drink."
The young man firmly declined.
"You must! I command you!"
"Captain, I have never disobeyed
your orders, but I cannot and will
not drink." .
"Very well; you shall repent it! You
know that all my orders must be promt-
ly obeyed, and you are well aware
I can be strict and severe when it is
necessary."
"Captain, it is impossible. I cannot
drink."
„If you refuse I shall order you under
arrest for four days."
The young man looked his superior
firmly in the face, and said with deep
emotion:
"Captain, my father was a drunkard,
and my mother and I knew well the
meaning of the word. When T was
siyteen years old I promised that no
drop of liquor should ever pass my
lips; and later, when the Total Ab-
stinence Society was astablished in our
city, I was one of the first to sign.
I am sorry I cannot obey your order,
but no matter what happens. I must
be true to my mother and to my word
of honor."
The officer was deeply moved at see-
ing so strong a purpose thus developed
in a young man of humble birth, and
one who had ever before, in all other
matteis, obeyed his captain's orders
most faithfully.
"You are right, my brave boy," the
officer exclaimed, "and I beg your par-
don for my harshness. You have cour-
age, too, a laudable audacity, and you
will make a brave man."
A few days later Francois Nol an re-
ceived from the captain a handsome
gold watch in recognition of his cour-
age in adhering to his first duty to
God, — against the commauds^of his
suoerior officer.